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The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has announced plans to introduce a mandatory human rights due diligence regime following a...
This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes updated ICO guidance and tools on special category data, CJC recommendations on AI...
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have updated the...
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published a report calling for global action to tackle scam compounds—the most rapidly expanding forms of...
Can I charge a fee for dealing with a data subject access request?The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides for enhanced rights for data...
How to plan and conduct an internal investigationAn internal investigation is a legal process undertaken by an organisation (with or without outside...
Can a limited company make a subject access request? Can a director of a limited company ask for recordings of calls with us? If yes, what personal...
Anti-bribery and corruption—post-training assessment answersQuestionCorrect answer1. How many new offences does the Bribery Act 2010 create? (b)...
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
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